Robert Keith Packer, the man who wore a sweatshirt mocking the Holocaust during the riot at the United States Capitol last January, pleaded guilty Wednesday to illegally entering the building and protesting inside. Packer appeared by video in federal district court in Washington, D.C., for a brief hearing during which he acknowledged that he had…
In the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Twitter deplatformed Trump for inciting violence and cracked down on other users. Amazon kicked conservative social media site Parler off of its servers for failing to police extremist conversation. And in the wake of the insurrection, membership of Gab, which has long been a home for far-right…
One of the defining images of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots was a protester wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt leading the charge into the Senate chamber. Neo-Nazis and other white supremacist groups were heavily represented in the crowd that day. One insurrectionist was even dressed up as Adolf Hitler. Yet when the rioters had their…
This essay was adapted from IT COULD HAPPEN HERE by Jonathan Greenblatt, published by Mariner Books. Copyright © 2022 by Jonathan Greenblatt. Reprinted courtesy of HarperCollinsPublishers. From that fateful day in July 2015 when Donald Trump announced his candidacy as he descended a gilded escalator, he contrived grim visions of criminals and terrorists storming across…
Congressman Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, lost his son to suicide in the last days of 2020. Just a few days later, he lived through the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol — and became a central figure in the Democratic Party’s response. As the lead House of Representatives impeachment manager charged with prosecuting President…
Antisemitic, white nationalist and insurrectionist organizations are lining their pockets with unpaid taxes, according to a new report by the Anti-Defamation League released Monday. These groups have established more than 30 nonprofit organizations exempt from state and federal income and unemployment taxes, and in some cases, property taxes, state income taxes, sales taxes and employment…
The chief editor of the Jewish Press, an Orthodox newspaper in New York, attended the Jan. 6 Capitol siege, POLITICO reported after reviewing video footage of the attack. Elliot Resnick, who interviewed the lawyer defending former President Donald Trump in February, has been a longtime supporter of Trump. He wrote a personal essay for the…
Nicole Goldstein’s children grew up on Capitol Hill; the grand monuments of the National Mall are their backyard. “It’s their Capitol,” she said. Her children, a daughter in middle school and a son in high school, felt personally attacked as they watched rioters break the windows and storm the Capitol. “We have spent a lot…
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